HC Deb 18 December 1990 vol 183 c120W
Mr. Atkinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when Her Majesty's Government propose to ratify the UN convention on the rights of the child; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The United Kingdom signed the UN convention on the rights of the child on 19 April 1990. We intend to ratify the convention as soon as possible.